press /prɛs/ CET4 ( pressing, pressed, presses )

• 1. 

  V-T If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. 推; 挤

  例：

  He pressed his back against the door.

  他将背顶在了门上。

• 2. 

  V-T If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work. 按压

  例：

  Drago pressed a button and the door closed.

  德拉戈按了一个按钮，门关上了。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT Press is also a noun. 按压

  例：

  ...a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button.

  …按一个按钮就会从桌上升起的一台电视机。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand. 用力按; 用力踩

  例：

  The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard.

  引擎熄火了。他猛踩油门。

• 5. 

  V-I If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. 竭力争取

  例：

  Police might now press for changes in the law.

  警方现在可能会竭力争取法律的修改。

• 6. 

  V-T If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something. 极力劝说

  例：

  Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm.

  各工会在极力劝说他坚持立场。

  例：

  Mr. Kurtz seems certain to be pressed for further details.

  库尔茨先生似乎肯定会被极力劝说说出更多细节。

• 7. 

  V-T If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way. 有力陈述

  例：

  The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands.

  抗议活动采用了大规模罢工和示威游行来有力地表明其要求。

• 8. 

  V-T If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it. 硬塞

  例：

  All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother.

  我只有钱，硬塞给了她那不肯接受我钱的母亲。

• 9. 

  V-T If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases. 熨

  例：

  Vera pressed his shirt.

  薇拉熨了他的衬衣。

  例：

  There's a couple of dresses to be pressed.

  有几条连衣裙要熨。

• 10. 

  N any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed 挤压机; 压力机; 打包机

• 11. 

  N-SING-COLL Newspapers are referred to as the press. 报纸 ['the' N]

  例：

  ...interviews in the local and foreign press.

  …当地和国外报纸中的采访。

  例：

  ...freedom of the press.

  …新闻自由。

• 12. 

  N-SING-COLL Journalists and reporters are referred to as the press. 新闻工作者

  例：

  Christie looked relaxed and calm as she faced the press afterwards.

  克里斯蒂之后面对新闻工作者时看上去轻松平静。

• 13. 

  N-COUNT A press or a printing press is a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers. 印刷机

• 14. 

  V to recruit (men) by forcible measures for military service (对男人)强征服兵役

• 15. 

  N recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang 抓丁入伍

• 16. 

  → see also pressed, pressing

• 17. 

  PHRASE If someone or something gets bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get good press, they are praised. 受到媒体批评/好评

  例：

  ...the bad press that career women consistently get in this country.

  …在这个国家职业女性一贯受到的媒体批评一家先前不知名。

• 18. 

  PHRASE If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them that has to be decided in a court of law. 起诉

  例：

  I could have pressed charges against him.

  我原本可以起诉他的。

• 19. 

  PHRASE When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed. 付印

  例：

  We check prices at the time of going to press.

  我们在付印时核对价格。